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Assembly Bill A10231A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency

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2019-A10231 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8120
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A764
2023-2024: A953
2025-2026: A5183

2019-A10231 - Summary

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency.

2019-A10231 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10231
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT relating to the establishment of voting by mail in the case of a
   natural disaster or state of emergency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The state board of elections shall, by May 1, 2020, create
 a plan that provides for the establishment and use of voting by mail for
 elections in the case of a natural disaster or state of emergency.  Such
 plan shall otherwise comply with all provisions  of  the  election  law.
 For  purposes  of  this section, "voting by mail" shall mean an election
 for which all eligible voters receive ballots by mail and vote by  mail-
 ing  those  ballots,  depositing the ballots at, as applicable, drop-off
 locations or voter service and polling centers, or,  as  applicable,  by
 voting at a voter service and polling center.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15987-01-0

2019-A10231A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8120
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A764
2023-2024: A953
2025-2026: A5183

2019-A10231A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency.

2019-A10231A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10231--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Election  Law  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT relating to the establishment of voting by mail in the case of  a
   natural disaster or state of emergency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state board of elections shall, by September 1, 2020 or
 30 days after this act shall have become a law, whichever  comes  first,
 create  a  plan that provides for the establishment and use of voting by
 mail for elections in the case of a natural disaster or state  of  emer-
 gency.    Such  plan  shall  otherwise comply with all provisions of the
 election law.  For purposes of this section, "voting by mail" shall mean
 an election for which all eligible voters receive ballots  by  mail  and
 vote by mailing those ballots, depositing the ballots at, as applicable,
 drop-off locations or voter service and polling centers, or, as applica-
 ble, by voting at a voter service and polling center.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15987-02-0

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